†Xenocyon brevicephalus Qiu et al. 2004 (canine)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Canis brevicephalus
Full reference: Z. B. Qiu, T. Deng, and X. Wang. 2004. Early Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China. Palaeontologia Sinica 27:1-198
Belongs to Xenocyon according to S. Bartolini-Lucenti and N. Spassov 2022
See also Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Xenocyon africanus, Xenocyon antonii, Xenocyon dubius, Xenocyon falconeri, Xenocyon lycaonoides, Xenocyon texanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Longdan, Dongxiang, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial packstone in China
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Longdan, Dongxiang
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